So my Dear "brother" Jim (Turner) Crow,
Have you finished watching "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" yet. Like I said, follow the women. They have a natural maternal instinct that will change your world if you let go of your Imperial Attitude!
I hope you "jim" are still chewing that 100% all natural email. You shouldnt have to go shopping at Trader Joe's for months! By the way, Spencer Tracy said that it is 2012 and it is time for change.
Rob
Aaron,Get an education before you post anymore bullshit generalizations and lies about African Americans. We do not all think or act alike. Whites fought "for" racism. My ancestors fought "against" racism. If my ancestors are turning over in their graves they wouldnt be "looking down on us". The"government operation in DC" (as you called it) is overseen by Congress. Its insanely ironic that you would mention education considering your mixed metaphors, illogical comparissons, awful spelling, embarrassing syntax and poor grammar.
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Subject: Re: [ward5] Re: D.C. Council Chair Brown Resigns, Faces Bank Fraud, Campaign Finance Charges by Valencia Mohammed Special to the AFRO
From: Aaron McCormick <aaron.mccormick01@gmail.com>
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Black folks use race as a crotch to maintain something when they are wrong in doing> So as the old saying goes,"The devil made me do it." It is a shame that those who fought for racism are truly turning over in their graves as they look down on us here and see what fools we are.. Do not get me wrong in some area of corporation upward mobility is not happening for African American but that also goes for women too. Some area things still need to change, but when the gov't operation in DC has been over seen by African American for decades and still have problems with education,employment,senior living, and more in which a city was called, " Chocolate City" where education was at the bottom and still is in area,senior living was deplorable and people of color was moving to Maryland and your government deputy mayors and others where not living in the District then you have to say where is the racism or I am going to be "The Jones" well in other words what goes up must come down. Period
AaronOn Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 10:01 AM, jimrturner25 <jimrturner25@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello,
The ANC Commissioner quoted in the article below called in to the Politics Hour yesterday peddling his victimology theories. Kojo and Sherwood dealt with him appropriately by dismissing the caller as completely wrong. The show's host's argued that this sort of view is the worst sort of racism.
I agree that this view is without merit, but I'm not sure that it is racism. "Racism" has gotten to be a word like "fascist" or "Nazi." It has lost all specific meaning and is simply an epithet hurled at an opponent with who one disagrees. I guess the worst thing a person could be called is a racist Nazi fascist. No, the worst thing one could be called is a racist Nazi fascist who supports the designated hitter rule.
The adjectives that should be applied to this sort of view are "patronizing" and "condescending." (Yes, I know those are gerunds and not really adjectives, but quit pretending your William Safire. Geez). The view is patronizing and condescending because it infantilizes Blacks. The view hammers home this lesson: we are not responsible for our own failings, we are victims.
This lesson is corrosive because if we are not responsible for our own failings then we are also not responsible for our own achievements. We are mere bits of cork floating down some river at the mercy of currents and winds that we did not create and cannot control.
I reject this lesson. I accept responsibility for my own mistakes (I've made a few, but, then, too few to mention). I also take credit for my accomplishments (even fewer, but, then, I'll mention them anyway).
Think about it this way: What chance do kids have to excel if we constantly hammer them with the message that they are not responsible for their own failings or achievements? Is it really helpful if we teach kids that they are nothing more than victims?
Let the personal attacks begin!
Here, let me help by starting things off…
Oreo Turner, your do not know WHAT you are talking about!!!!!! You have clearly be expropriated by white imperialist self entitlement thinking and need to come out from behind your WHITE SKIRT so that I can examine your thought processes and I've told you before that forces control everything so that PEOPLE like you cannot understand the realities of the subjected reference points because you are trapped by your own warped THROUGHT PROCESS which is the result of external pressures!!! Answer my questions so that I can explore your thought processes and enlighten you with my psycho-rational analytics that will show you the ERRORS of ….
Jim Turner
--- In ward5@yahoogroups.com, Aaron McCormick <aaron.mccormick01@...> wrote:
>
> LOL...but Ron Moten will not win the Republican seat of ward 7, but their
> is word on the street of a write-in candidate....
>
> Aaron
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Rob <indianrob@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Can someone get that Accountability Spreadsheet for all the money that Ron
> > Moten / Peaceholics got. I swear if DC elects this guy, I would really
> > consider moving. Please locate this Spreadsheet so that see the itemized
> > spending of those funds.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:59 AM, KPW - KAPoW <WKPW3@...> wrote:
> >
> >> **
> >>
> >>
> >> *Excerpt from article*
> >> Other local leaders said Brown's downfall points to a possible trend
> >> present among the federal investigations.
> >>
> >> "What is wrong with this picture is that it seems Blacks are being
> >> targeted," said longtime Ward 8 advisory neighborhood commissioner Anthony
> >> Muhammad. "Many residents are asking why the focus of the U.S. Attorney
> >> General's office seems to be on Black elected officials. Is the attorney
> >> general going after Black officials to gain White support should he decide
> >> to run for his position in two years?"
> >>
> >> http://www.afro.com/sections/news/Washington/story.htm?storyid=75220
> >> D.C. Council Chair Brown Resigns, Faces Bank Fraud, Campaign Finance
> >> Charges
> >> by Valencia Mohammed
> >> Special to the AFRO
> >>
> >>
> >> (Courtesy Photo/Wikimedia)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> (June 7, 2012) Washington D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown
> >> resigned his seat June 6 after he was charged with bank fraud for lying
> >> about his income on loan applications.
> >>
> >> Brown also faces a misdemeanor charge of making an unlawful cash campaign
> >> expenditure in connection with his 2008 re-election campaign for an
> >> at-large council seat.
> >>
> >> Brown, 41, was the youngest man on the council and is fourth D.C. elected
> >> official in recent months to face an investigation into possible
> >> wrongdoing. According to the Associated Press, Brown is expected to plead
> >> guilty to the charges at a hearing June 8.
> >>
> >> Brown was charged with a single count of bank fraud by federal
> >> prosecutors, and resigned following a closed session with the council. The
> >> following day, prosecutors filed the second charge, alleging that Brown
> >> allowed a relative to open a bank account during his 2008 campaign, and
> >> that the relative used campaign funds in September 2009 to make a payment
> >> "in excess of $50."
> >>
> >> A council meeting has been scheduled for June 13 to select an interim
> >> chair.
> >>
> >> According to court records, Brown "knowingly and willfully devised a
> >> scheme and artifice to defraud Industrial Bank to obtain money, funds,
> >> credits, assets, securities, and other property owned."
> >>
> >> A spokesman with the U.S. Attorney's Office declined to comment on the
> >> investigation. Brown's legal counsel, attorney Frederick Cooke Jr., could
> >> not be reached for comment.
> >>
> >> "I've made some serious mistakes in judgment," Brown wrote in a
> >> statement. "This has nothing to do with the council."
> >>
> >> Brown has also been investigation for alleged illegal activities
> >> regarding misuse of campaign funds.
> >>
> >> "The unmitigated gall for an elected official to make laws that put
> >> others in jail while willingly violating them for personal gains," said Ron
> >> Moten, a resident of Ward 7.
> >>
> >> Moten is running as a candidate against Councilwoman Yvette Alexander
> >> (D-Ward 7) who also faced an investigation last year for allegedly misusing
> >> her constituency funds for her campaign. She was cleared of any wrongdoing.
> >>
> >> Former Councilman Harry Thomas Jr. (D-Ward 5) plead guilty to embezzling
> >> $350,000 in federal funds targeted for youth programs, and was sentenced in
> >> May to a 38-month jail term.
> >>
> >> D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray is also under investigation for allegedly paying
> >> a candidate in the 2010 mayoral election to speak out against then-Mayor
> >> Adrian Fenty. The opponent, Sulaimon Brown, claimed he was given money and
> >> promised a lucrative job by Gray in exchange for taunting the incumbent
> >> mayor at forums and other public events during the campaign season.
> >>
> >> Responding to the charge against Brown, Gray in a written statement said
> >> he was "shocked" by the news.
> >>
> >> "I served with him my entire time on the council," said Gray, who
> >> preceded Brown as council chair. "Never would I have imagined something
> >> like this would occur."
> >>
> >> Other local leaders said Brown's downfall points to a possible trend
> >> present among the federal investigations.
> >>
> >> "What is wrong with this picture is that it seems Blacks are being
> >> targeted," said longtime Ward 8 advisory neighborhood commissioner Anthony
> >> Muhammad. "Many residents are asking why the focus of the U.S. Attorney
> >> General's office seems to be on Black elected officials. Is the attorney
> >> general going after Black officials to gain White support should he decide
> >> to run for his position in two years?"
> >>
> >> In accordance with the Home Rule Act, Councilwoman Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3),
> >> the current chair pro tempore, will convene the entire council for a
> >> special meeting June 13 to adopt a resolution to elect an interim chair and
> >> a interim chair pro tempore. Under the Home Rule Act, both positions will
> >> be selected from among the at-large members. After their election, Cheh
> >> will step aside as chair pro tempore. The meeting will be open to the public
> >>
> >> At-Large members Michael Brown, Phil Mendelson, Vincent Orange and David
> >> Catania will compete for the two positions. According to The Washington
> >> Post¸ political insiders said it appeared Mendelson had the support
> >> necessary to become the next council chair.
> >>
> >> Under the Council rules, the interim chair would become Chair of the
> >> Committee of the Whole, and would retain his role as chair of their
> >> existing standing committee. Also, the interim chair cannot hold outside
> >> employment, will be eligible to receive an increase in compensation at the
> >> rate of the chairman, and will serve in that role until a special election
> >> has been held to select a permanent replacement. D.C. Board of Elections
> >> officials said it was not clear when that election might take place.
> >>
> >> "I want to reassure everyone that the work of the Council will continue
> >> uninterrupted," Cheh wrote in a June 6 statement. "We will move forward
> >> focused on the business the people elected us to do."
> >>
> >> D.C. residents met news of the charge against Brown with disappointment.
> >>
> >> "It is unfortunate that the chair is experiencing these difficulties.
> >> However, integrity must play a part in being a public servant," said Debbie
> >> Smith-Steiner, a Ward 5 resident.
> >>
> >> "Lying about your income to buy a house is not uncommon," she added.
> >> "However, what Kwame did was outrageous. Claiming that your $353,000 home
> >> is worth $800,000, then taking the equity to buy a yacht—come on now."
> >>
> >> Weary from all the negative publicity surrounding their elected
> >> officials, others worried whether Congress may take adverse actions against
> >> the District.
> >>
> >> "The walls keep tumbling down," Muhammad said. "Who is next?"
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
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> > 3744 12th Street, N.E.,
> > Washington D.C., 20017
> > 202-438-5988
> >
> > "We must become the change we want to see" - Mohandas Gandhi-
> > (Together, for a Brighter Tomorrow)
> >
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> --
> *Aaron McCormick
> 571-505-0605*
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